Because I have an infant and rarely see movies in the theater anymore, I didn’t see Nightcrawler until a few months after it was released on Netflix. In case you haven’t seen it, the film follows the highly-motivated, thirty-something Louis Bloom as he tries to make a career for himself as a videographer who sells […]
Adventures in Horror Fic: An Interview With the Boys of Night Terrors
A few months ago, my dear friend Troy H. Gardner asked me to contribute a short story to a horror anthology to be released by Night Terrors. Though horror isn’t my forte, I happily accepted the challenge and penned 6,500 words about an amnesiac and a lake that used to be a granite quarry. The […]
Demographics, Passion Projects & Nicktoons: Why I Don’t Write YA “For Teens” and That’s a Good Thing
Earlier this month, Nielsen’s #KidsBookSummit caused quite an uproar on Twitter. Among other faux pas, the summit included a panel of adult YA readers who claimed they wanted to see less dystopian, more realism, and a possible name change to the genre (YAH, or young-at-heart, was suggested). Obviously I wasn’t there, I just read the […]
Getting The Call (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Brother’s Instagram Account and Love My Hobby-Jobby)
A few months ago, I created an Instagram account so I could give a poor barefooted child a pair of shoes by posting a photo of my feet in all their calloused glory. Once my shiny new account was up and running, the app immediately suggested I follow a number of my Facebook contacts, including […]
Erin Callahan 